What are journal?

You could take notes, write important information, make paper airplanes, hurt someone, use it to keep a fire going, or even destroy a valuable and fragile object like a 97-year old vase.

The Journal is the daily newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne

Journals are regular periodic publications, usually dedicated to a specific profession or discipline. They usually are published monthly or quarterly, and they are usually in the form of a magazine,...

It is something like a diary. Answer A journal can also be a daily record of transactions (related to the word diurnal, which means "daily") and so the term is used in bookkeeping and...

there is no difference between journal and journal proper.